Powys could welcome in 2024 with snow.
This year looks set to conclude with strong winds, heavy rain and potential flooding after the Met Office on Friday (December 29) issued two yellow weather warnings that will be in place on Saturday and Sunday (December 30 and 31).
These weather warnings come following Storm Gerrit earlier in the week.
For those hoping for a change in weather in the new year, you are in luck. And what's even better is there could be snow on the way for parts of Powys, according to WX Charts.
Minus temperatures and snowfalls of up to 10cm per hour were forecast across Powys back in November (2023) and now the county looks set to receive its second snowfall of winter.
Where and when to expect snow in Powys?
Northern parts of Powys around Newtown, including Welshpool and Llanfyllin, could get snow on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, according to weather forecaster WX Charts.
The map shows light snowfalls of around 1-2cm per hour in the early hours of Tuesday (January 2) morning.
The Met Office long range forecast - which looks at the weather from January 2 to 13 - also predicts cooler conditions which could lead to sleet and snow.
The Met Office, in its long range forecast, said: "This period (Jan 2 - 13) will start in an unsettled fashion, with showers in many places, and these will be heavy at times, with temperatures around normal for early January.
"During the rest of the period there will be a gradual trend towards more settled and somewhat colder conditions with some frosty nights (perhaps becoming widespread and severe in time).
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"Occasional unsettled spells are still possible, but these generally much more regionalised, and infrequent than conditions of late.
"As temperatures fall, the chance of any precipitation falling as sleet and snow increases, particularly over high ground and especially over northern parts of the UK, but not exclusively so by any means.
"As well as frost and ice by night, some freezing fog is likely to develop as well."
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